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From the moment I realized who the lead of this was, I knew I was doomed. I suffered the torment of this purely to be able to warn others. To confirm all your fears. Yes; this is utterly terrible. You can find ones flicks more insulting to your intelligence, but that does not excuse this. It is instantly and consistently irritating, it is obnoxious, and it is completely useless, except maybe as an instrument of torture. Not unlike Arnold himself. If you can't figure out how this will end about five minutes into it, you haven't watched enough movies... or I've seen far too many, I'm not certain which. This is just intolerable and unfunny throughout. From the commander who is always yapping like a chihuahua to the over the top jokes and gags with zero comedic value. At least the cartoon sound effects(!) are only heard a couple of times. Why would you cast French Stewart and give him nothing to do? Same goes for Campbell, the coolest thing about this(I would have thought he was a sure recipe for success no matter how poor the script, however, when he has nothing to work with... I mean, read the Trivia. He does get an awesome moment or two, thank god. Borgnine's too talented for this crap. Curry is a little enjoyable, and I can imagine he got a kick out of this. The music tends to be awful, and what little of it isn't are excellent Blues tunes that it should be against the law to use in a film so bad. At least the director has done better since this. I recommend this solely to those who refuse to believe that it is as worthless as it is. 1/10
l-danielflores
I am a fan of McHale's Navy, and since i enjoy watching the original series, I thought I'd see the movie, until I saw the cast. Tom Arnold as McHale, wow that started to kill my interest, then I saw Tim Curry, that killed it even more. David Allen Grier, who I like don't get me wrong, but as Ensign Parker, who is white, that kills the originality of the film because in order for it to be McHale's Navy, everyone who takes the role has to fit the part from the original series, so that means race, and gender, etc. Then a female as Captain Binghampton's aid, who is supposed to be a male, named Elroy Carpenter. French Stewart as Happy, and Happy is fat and bald, and I don't think French is, there isn't Fuji, there isn't Tinker, so they should have made a different name for the film because this isn't what the title says it is; it's not McHale's Navy, its someone else's Navy.
Little-Mikey
Making a movie remake of a great TV series is a highly risky endeavor. Unless the movie remake is absolutely fantastic, critics will rip the movie to shreds and so will a good number of viewers! Initially, I was annoyed by some of the character choices, feeling that the addition of a female for Lt.Carpentrer and a black for Ens. Parker was an act of putting too high a priority on "political correctness", over "entertainment".But the two, given the chance, proved that their roles were perfectly suited and they portrayed their characters brilliantly. David Alan Grier is a comic genius who had me in stitches! Dean Stockwell portrayed Capt. Binghampton with the same comic brilliance as the Late Great Joe Flynn. Tim Curry's Maj.Vladikov really gets on one's nerves with his constant complaining of being only the second biggest terrorist in the world and it is easy to despise him. But then again, Maj. Vladikov just happens to be the bad guy! So we're supposed to despise him.To really get the most out of this movie, one must forget the original series which took place during World War Two and simply focus on the this movie, which takes place in the present.The movie is funny. It has a action scenes and some edge-of-your-seat action. And if the movie was anywhere as bad as some critics made it out to be, would Ernest Borgnine, the original McHale had allowed himself to be involved with this film? I think not! Enjoy!
bbrasher1
Did I happen to mention that I hate this pile of cinematic crap? Any resemblance between this and the classic tv series is a real shame. Dean Stockwell, usually a fine actor, probably destroyed his career with his portrayal of Captain Binghimton-Joe Flynn has to be spinning in his grave! And of course, Tom Arnold as McHale, need I say more?No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Maybe even worse than LEONARD, PART 6.Rating: -0 out of *****
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